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Libraries

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  Beatles' lyrics headed for British Library

  Shakespeare, the Magna Carta — and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics. The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already ... 

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  British Library sets out to archive the Web

  Capturing the unruly, ever-changing Internet is like trying to pin down a raging river. But the British Library is going to try. For centuries the ... 

• Oxford librarian 'sacked' for Harlem Shake video

  Oxford University students are rallying behind a librarian who they say was unfairly sacked after students filmed themselves performing the "Harlem ... 

• Book returned to Estonian library 69 years late

  An Estonian man has returned a library book 69 years late, partly blaming a World War II aerial bombing that damaged the library for the late return. 

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  JFK memorabilia auction preview draws hundreds

  A preview of John F. Kennedy memorabilia including notes by his special assistant on the day the U.S. president was assassinated is drawing hundreds ... 

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  People of Timbuktu save manuscripts from invaders

  For eight days after the Islamists set fire to one of the world's most precious collections of ancient manuscripts, the alarm inside the building ... 

• Russia angry over US fines for Jewish collection

  Russia on Thursday harshly criticized a U.S. court ruling fining it $50,000 a day for holding onto tens of thousands of religious books and ... 

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  Israeli library unveils ancient Afghan manuscripts

  A trove of ancient manuscripts in Hebrew characters rescued from caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan is providing the first physical ... 

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  Wis. man's Little Free Library copied worldwide

  It started as a simple tribute to his mother, a teacher and bibliophile. Todd Bol put up a miniature version of a one-room schoolhouse on a post ...